Machine for capping or decapping cartridge.



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' Patented Dec. 24, I90l. J. H. BARLOW &. J. A. DERBY. MACHINE FOB CAPPING 0R DEGAPPING CARTRIDGES.

.- (Applicotion mm lug. 1a, 1901.) r

(No Model.)

JOHN H. B ARLOW nn J s E H A. primer; on NEW HAvEu oo N; ASSIGNORS.TO' THEIDEAIF MFG. ;GO.,O F NEW HAVEN, CONNEC CORPORATION. r MACHINEF RCAPPING o 'foscAPPmc CARTRIDGE v A srncmxcn'rron forming part of Letters Patent No. esaeea'dat u December 24,

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To all whom it may concern; variety of base shapes andinside Be it known that we, JOHN'HL- BARLOW lnen'ts or strengthenings; ian'd if-u andJQSEPHA; DERBY, of New Haven, in the pin'is made Ismallenoughs to'ien 1 county bfillew Haven and State of Oonnecti-g shells trouble is experienced-with Y i 5 cutjhaveinvented anew and useful Improve-jg intent of th'e'knock-out or insertin 1nentZin;Machii1esforOappin'g and Decappiug, The'greatvariation in the shape Gart'ridgesyandwe doherebydeclai'e the folness'of-the base causes great varia lowing,r-.whena'taken in connection withthel iheight of the top of the shells whe accompanying drawings and the letters of ref-j :"on the pin orstud. I This; togeth1 5; IO erencesmarkedathereon; to be a.ful1,-clear,;; arietybt' lengths' and diametersjl and exact description of the same, and 'whichj gmskes it iinpossibleto'e nploydevi saididrawings constitute part of this specifi-l hingedlever's with: an iiisertiiigcation,:and;represent, in-. v tached directly thereto and so 'as Eig'ureql;agfirontview-ofla cappingand dea circle, as in-suchconstruction I5 capping:machinemonsti'u'cted;in'accordance ido'es-not always press directly on 'with'=.our.invention-,'-alportion of the base be ;th'e primer, so as to force it into in'gbrokenaway;" .Fig.';2,"a side'view of the of the shell in a straight line. 'szirneikFi-g. 3,a top' view of thesame; Fig. 4; The object of this invention is 1 a side .view', partially in section, of the study a device whereby cartridges of an 7 2'0 Fig. 5, a broken top view showing the swing-- gtioni maybe readily capped or de( ing across-head in position reverse to that iw-iththe primers adapted; to the' V Q shownfinFig. 3; Fig..- 6,'-aafront:view, par-1' gshells to be-operated:upon; and it tially -in .section illustratingia modificationg 1theconstruction ashereinaijter des and vFig.2? ,'-'a' view on theline 'a'rb offFigz ipar'ticularlyirecited'inthe claims. 2'5- Thisinventionrelates to an improvement ilnfcarrying out'the inventioh v ,finidevicesifor capping and decapping car ijfiba'se'A; ingiwhich wemodnttwo u tridge shellsn 4 Y Y l-tiaI postsB C,'parallel 'with eacl I Cartridge-shelled the same gage are o'funi-g .up'oniwhichla slide'is mountedfl] orm exter1ial"diaineter;"-;buti shells of'difier-l iiu'g formed at opposite'fen'd'swith 30 est manufacturedifferin:internal construck arms D D, through which-the p0 i tion,i.and agreat'variety of primers are emthesearmsibeing-G nnected bY h "-r p1oyd;-: J r i i bracesE aTheupper arm has at o sifireatcare must be exercised improperly 10-; F,Z"a,dapted to receive andjholdiz catinglthe-aprimer.inJthe'shelli inor'der that supporting guideG; correspon'dii 35fthepowder in the loaded shells maylbe prop-1. naldiameter to the external diau 5 erly-ignited,'so as to avoid misfires, the cause cartridge-shells, and this guide A of .which is generally the 'misplacement of the within the ring by a set-screw 1 primer. One of the greatest objections to de-' cartridge-supporting guides of di! 5 U vices for.cappingcartridge-shells is that the s i naylbe'employedr The lowerarm 5, 49 shellsarenotsufliciently supported interawitlr-an' npwardly-opeuing socket nally andso as to provide an anvil for sup 1; to re'ceivea stud K, one end a of porting the shell, so that as a result the head cessed to form an 'anvil for cappii V of the shell has been concaved, thus carryother end provided with a pinl ing. the top of the primer beyond the proper ping. This'stud is secured iu-t' 5 reach of the firing-pin of a gun, whereby'a by a set-screw L; Around oneoj misfire is caused. If the shells to be capped as B, is a spiral spring M, one e, are supported on astud or pin that will cor upon the lower arm Dand the o rectlyfit the inside of the shell so asto' prop-- lagainst a transverse'pin cgez'rtend' erly' guide it, the. device can be used :to' cap' theLsaid post, the tendency ofth 0 only a comparatively. small-n number? of shells' ingjftoforee the arm's'downvs 'ard-t of dilferent manufacture; owiug'to'tlie grafiik" 01 9 of th evposts; as1;C',"is-afsw;ifi

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cross-head N, the head comprising two arms 0 P, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, each-formed at its outer end with hook-shaped ends Q, adapted to clasp the opposite post 0, so that the central portions of either of the arms may be held in line with the stud K. One of these arms is provided with a flat face P and the other with a decapping-recess O. Pivotally mounted in the base between lugs R is a cam-lever S, provided witha handle T; and bifurcated at its inner end to'form fingers U, which extend on opposite sides of the lower end of the socket I and by which the' socket may be raised. In capping, the stud K is arranged, as in Fig. 1 of the drawings, with its recessed end a uppermost, and over this stud a shell is placed, upon which it is centrally held by the guide G. A primer is placed in the pocket of the shell and the cam-lever S turned, so as to force the stud K- upward, the movement of the stud being ver-, tical, so that the primer, which will strike against the punch P, will be forced into the pocket in a straight line. In decapping, the stud K is reversed in position, so as to have the pin b project upward through the guide G, and the head N is turned to bring. the arm 0 and the opening therein in line with the stud, by the upward movement of which the primer is forced from the pocket. Instead of mounting the swinging gate or zross-head at the upper end of the deviceand ;o as to permit the cartridges to be readily placed over and removed from the stud, the. itud itself maybe mounted to swing outward, n which case the gate or cross-head may be rertically movable, as shown in Fig. 6, in vhich the posts B O are tubular to receive rertical pins B 0 which are connected at heir upper ends bya cross-head N. In this nstance one end of the arms D at the upper -nd may be entirely removed and a portion f one of the *lower arms at the same side, saving a "hook-shaped end D, while the opiosite sides of the arms are free to turn :pon the post B. The arm at, the top is u the form of a ring F, like that b'eforedecribed, and the lug at the lower end carries" socket I to receive a stud K, the lower end f the socket resting upon the base A. The am-lever'S is hinged to theupper end of a nk S which is mounted in the base A, and iis lever is pivoted to the cross-head N, so a to force it downward toward the stud K. referably, and as shown, a'spiral spring M ill be placed in one of the posts, thenormal andency being to force the pins upward. ivoted to one of the posts, as 0 is 'an arm adapted to be clamped bya set-screw W 1d carrying at its outer end a 'punch V, lapted to be located at the center of the oss-head N and so as to stand in line with e stud K. The under face of the cross-" aadN is formed with a recess N to receive a e primers removed from the shells. The operation of this device is substan ally the sameas that before described cept that the shell is adapted to be swung from beneath the cross-head to permit it to be placed upon and removed from the stud. In capping, the arm W is turned into line with the cross-head, while for d capping it is turned out of line with the cross-head, so that supported for cap: of movement is al-.

Having fully described ourinvention, what I we claim as new, and desire to ters Patent, is-

I. In a device for capping and decapping cartridges, the combination with a vertical stud, a bushing or guide operating upon the outside of the shell within which the stud is vcentrally located, a cross-head, and a lever, the cross-head and stud being arranged whereby one may be turned outof line with the other, substantially as described.

2. In, a device for capping and decapping cartridges, a vertically-arranged stud mounted between vertical posts, a cartridge-guide around the upper-endof said stud, a swinging cross-headabove said stud, provided with two arms either of which may be swung into line with said stud, and a lever adapted to raise the said stud against said cross-head, substantially asdescribed.

secure by Ljetv3. In a device for capping and decapping cartridges, a vertically-arranged stud mounted between two vertical posts, a cartrid eguide arranged around the upper end of said stud,,a cam-lever pivoted to said..base and -adapted to lift said stud, a swinging cro head above said stud, and adapted to e turned so as to present the faces for cappi g or decapping in line with the said stud, s

stantialtyas described. 4. In a device for capping and decappi 'g cartridges, a base supporting two verti l parallel posts, connected arms adapted to,

. slide on said posts, the lowerarms supporti g a socket and the upper arms a ring, a st d mounted in said socket,a spring around one of said posts, and adapted to force said soc et downward, a cross-head pivoted to one of said posts, and provided with two arms, either of which is adapted to, be swung into line with said stud, and a cam-lever pivoted to .said base, and formed with fingers project ing forward under said socket, whereby said socket may be raised, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN H. BARLOW.

JOSEPH A. DERBY. Witnesses:

'FREDERIC O. EARLE, JgH. SBEUMWAY. 

